3D Snails & Rainbow Nail Art

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How're you all doing today? I hope the week is going well for you! Who's ready for the weekend? I see a wave of hands.

Today our store is a doing a really awesome VIP beauty gala event, I'll be working but I think its going to be such a fun experience. There's going to be make overs, live tutorials, discounts, a selfie station.. all sorts! My outfit is going to be 80% pink (as suggested) I've got a cute little jewelled hair band, pink trousers, shoes and a pink top and a long flowy silver cardigan. I think I am going to feel like a gradient princess!

Oh..wait! You were here for snail art, right? Snail Art... Oh Ithi. This ones a bit extreme, I tried something different that didn't pay off but you know what? Sometimes that's OK. I learnt stuff.

Zebracorn and Rainbow Nail Art

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How are you all doing today? I hope you've had an amazing weekend?

I didn't get up to much at all, I played around with some new make up I picked up at work, I love testing products out. I recently switched up my foundation to Bare Minerals and I am loving it so far. Today and until Tuesday I'll be spending some time editing posts, creating new designs before I head back to work on Wednesday.

Did you know that yesterday (Sunday 8th April depending on when you are reading this!) was 'Unicorn day' – no joke. It really exists. I've painted quite a few unicorn designs in my blogging days so I decided to shake things up a little by making a zebra-corn!

Little Rainbow Robot - Freehand Nail Art

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How are ya all doing? I hope your week has been going wonderfully, was it a productive one for you? I've been at work for a couple days this week and I am back in today. Making customers smile and smell fantastic! And seeing my dear friends who I adore there.

I had this thought recently..I've had a feeling that's been lingering. Happiness. Like real, solid contentment. I've felt so great lately, not that I hadn't been feeling OK but I feel like everything has fallen into place a little more. I love my work, my family are amazing. It just feels like there's so much to be happy about right now. Its a complete contrast to how I felt this time last year. Do you ever feel like that?

Today's nail art is one I really enjoyed painting because..colours! All the colours! 

St Patrick's Day Nails

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How are you all doing? I hope you had an amazing week and have something fun to look forward to this weekend, or even just enjoy it chilling.

I had some news this week, today and yesterday I went back to work at the place I had been working at in December. One of the friends I made there reached out as she is having a family issue and needs to travel to another country. She suggested I could maybe take over her role while she's away so of course I said yes because I wanted to help her. While I'll only be there temporary I did enjoy the job immensely and it'll get me out of the house while I continue looking for work.

In other news..Tomorrow is St Patrick's day so of course we need to don some greenery on our claws for the occasion!

 

Freehand Rainbow Tree Nails

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How are you all doing, did you have an awesome weekend? Yesterday was Mothers day here – I know in other parts of the world Mother's day is later on in the year. I love my mum so much, we are incredibly close and I value her greatly. I bought her a bouquet of lilies and roses which she loved. Sunday afternoon we went to my sisters house (she literally lives a minute away) and they cooked a roast dinner which was lovely.

Today I have another rainbowy concoction for you. Sorry, but I can never get enough of rainbows. Rainbows make everything better!

I also tried an experiment with this nail art, with some acrylic paint I watered it down to create a metallic shimmery wash (just to swipe over the nails to add a little shimmer) – I added some holographic glitter to it. Since it was in a watery mixture it didn't stick to the nails perfectly but trying new things is always fun!

Unicorn & Acrylic Prism Rainbows

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How are you all doing today? I hope this week has started off well for you.

So.. I had my interview on Monday, thank you so much to those of you who wished me good luck. It went well, I arrived early and it literally only took 10 minutes or so. I was confident and feel I did the best I could but - and here's the sucker.. At the end of the interview the man told me he had had over 50 people apply for the role... dang.. There's nothing I can do now but wait. And paint. We'll see what happens.

Today's nail art combined two of my favourite things, rainbows and unicorns. Childish? Pss. I just don't think you can ever have enough colour in life. Colour inspires me, I may not be the best at pairing sophisticated colour combinations but its always fun trying!

New Years Day Nail Art - Embrace The New Year!

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And a very happy New Year to you all! I'm going to keep today's post short and sweet but I want to wish you all a fantastic year ahead, I hope you reach for your dreams and let your ambitions soar.

Go after what you want, see this new year as an adventure and push yourself towards all those goals that have been sat on your wishlist. Try new things, make new friends. The world is a big and wonderful play ground, embrace all the opportunities. You got this!

 

 

Happy New Years Eve!

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How are you all doing? I hope you've had a great week?

Mine has been so up and down. On Christmas Eve I was told I'd be getting a permanent position in the store I've been working in as a Christmas temp. I was delighted, I've had so much fun working there and I couldn't wait to join the womens wear department. I'd make new friends and continue seeing the girls I enjoyed working with on the cosmetics/fragrance department.

By Wednesday I was told that they had taken on a lot of the Christmas temporary staff and that I wasn't put into the rota, my line manager told me that she was going to fight for my hours and to wait for an email towards the end of the week... so really now I know far much less than I did. Its a little disappointing but whatever happens I'm looking forward to the adventure of 2018.

I'm going to do a recap of my year below.. at the time there were things I couldn't blog about which I now feel I can and it will be a good way to say goodbye to 2017. I'll also add some of my fave nail art from the past year.

Freehand Rain, Rainbows And Ruffian Cloud Nail Art

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How are you all doing today? I hope you had a wonderful weekend? Let me know what shenanigans you got up to!

I had a really quiet weekend after a pretty full on week. I managed to get a few designs done (thank god!) did some Christmas shopping online. I also finished one of my four hand painted Christmas cards, I am doing these for my family. So far I've done one with pink and white teddy bears – these are Pink Ted and Little Ted, my nieces bears that she's had since she was born. I've painted them wearing christmas hats and holding presents/cards. I added rhinestones to the sky to make it extra sparkly. Shall I show you all of them when I am done?

Today's nail art is a fairly simple one but with the colder weather coming I thought I needed something fitting yet with an injection of colour!

'Eyes Gradient Water Decal' - BeautyBigBang Review.

 *PressSample* This post contains an item(s) that was provided for reviewing purposes however I will as always give my full and honest opinion.

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How are you all doing today? I hope you had an amazing start to your week.

I'm just getting back into routine, my weekend trip was amazing. Storm Brian actually wasn't too bad where we stayed. We had showers and strong wind but it didn't rule the weekend or leave us trapped in doors like we had feared. I had to stay in a bunk bed because my sister was worried the kids might fall out of it if they stayed in there and I am pleased to tell you I only bumped my head once! I'll add some pictures to the bottom of the post for those of you who are interested!

On to nails now though, today I am going to be showing you some 'Eyes Gradient Water Decal' from BeautyBigBang.com – I've got a few more reviews after this one to share with you but then I have decided to no longer review for the BornPrettyStore or Beautybigbang.

My Dance Silver Holo 6ml Nail Polish - BeautyBigBang Review

*Press Sample* This post contains an item(s) that was provided for reviewing purposes however I will as always give my full and honest opinion.

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How are you all doing today? I hope your week kicked off to a good start.

I can tell you mine feels like it started in reverse but I'm getting it back on track. I realise late nights really don't suit me and here our weekends tend to be a little later. So earlier to bed for me this week! I must sound SO old, baha. 

In other news.. I want to do that nail course so badly! I can't apply yet until I've had my new passport arrives. Argh, killing me, come on, come on, come on! Then I'll have to go to an interview, fingers crossed its not already booked up. 

Today we're going to be taking a look at a '6ml My Dance Silver HolographicNail Polish' from the BigBeautyBang.com I feel like this polish we all may have seen floating around online however it wasn't what I had expected.

Freehand Fantasy Sunset Castle Nail Art

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How are you all doing? I hope you are excited for a fun or lazy weekend? Which ones do you like best?!

Today's nail art was actually created the last time that I was home in England, yeaaaaah. I kept having other posts come up that I had to push in front (weekly challenges, reviews etc) so I finally get to share my fantasy sky castle with you! Wahoo. Those clouds look fluffy, right?!

Actually.. talking about England... I'm going back at the end of the month!

Glossy Version.

I opted for a pinky orangey sky for this manicure because it looks sort of dreamy, my dear friend said to me it looks like candy land, what do you guys think? You guys know I am sucker for rainbows!

For this manicure I used only my OPI Nail Envy base coat (I am not sure I'd have nails without this stuff.) Barry M 'White' and my Pro-FX top coat. I finished this one off with a matte top coat, a glossy top coat just did NOT fit this manicure, but you can decide for yourselves!

Have you had fairytale style nail art before? Would you want to visit this castle?

Thank you so much for stopping by, don't forget to let me know your thoughts or even just say hi! I'll be back on Monday with another freehand design - any ideas what it might be?

Love,

Ithi

Professional Naill Art Pen/Dotting Tool - BeautyBigBang Review

*This post contains an item(s) which was provided for reviewing purposes however I will as always give my full, honest and unbiased opinion.

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How are you all doing today? I hope your week is going well so far?

Its been a scorcher here, it is hawt, hawt, hawt!

Today I have something a little different to show you, this little beauty comes from BeautyBigBang.com (use the coupon code: PUTE10 at the checkout to get 10% off all orders) and it is a 'professional nail art pen/dotting tool'. I have only heard about legendary nail art pens before so I jumped at the chance to try this product!

Click 'Read More' - there's a very short video!

Swirly Freehand Acrylic-Rainbows and Tiny Stars!

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How are you all doing today? Did you have a good weekend?

Mine was crazy busy, on Saturday we went to Mr Bravo's nephew's second birthday party. It was lovely watching him rip open his gifts with the excitement only a two year old knows!

Then around 3.30pm we boarded a bus in the Spijkenisse centrum which took us to Amsterdam where we watched a concert by a band called 'De Toppers' – they are a Dutch tribute band that do all sorts of songs both in Dutch and English. It was SO much fun but we didn't get home until 3-3.30 am and honestly it's killed me a little! I am not used to these late nights, haha. If you were around on Instagram you may have seen me go live :)

Today I have another design once again prompted by the weekly challenge over on TinyCanvas. I feel like I've had a lot of practice with this particular theme.. RAINBOW!!! 

So for this nail art I decided I was going to do another acrylic-gradient. Highly time consuming, mostly relaxing with a smidgen of frustration.. but always a delight come the end I find. This basically means painting each colour one by one with a paint and mixing paints to blend the colours through to the next.

I found trying to do a swirlier acrylic-gradient a whole new challenge. No lie, it probably took longer than my usual ones!

For this manicure I began with my OPI base coat, 'Nail Envy' and once dry applied one thin coat of Barry M's 'White' nail polish. Once this was dry I then added a thin coat of my PRO-FX top coat to create a nice smooth barrier for my paints to sit on top. Next came the 2-3 hour process of blending (attempting) those babies together!

What do you think of this manicure? Do you like rainbow nails or do you prefer to stick to just a few colours?

Have a beautiful day, my friends. Thank you so much for stopping by! I'll catch you again on Wednesday for some more nail art fun!

Love,

Ithi

Colourful Freehand Jazz Nails

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How are you all doing today? I hope this week has been going well for you so far.

I've been feeling super, I've so much more energy since I started working out and taking better care of myself. I feel so much more positive, its great what a good pattern can do for you! I'm literally just enjoying everything, I look forward to going to *early* bed so I can get up and have tomorrow!

Today's nails are again prompted by the weekly challenge over at Tiny Canvas. This time our theme was Jazz. In case you didn't know (and it is pretty random, so I forgive you if not!) April 30^th is international jazz day.

At this point my mind did an absolute blank and I had no idea what to paint; And then.. I turned to myself and said... “Ithi, If Jazz was a colour, what colour would it be?”

The answer my friends.. Is.. ALL OF THEM!

While I did this nail art I had access to more space which meant I could leave my light studio intact as I painted. As a result you can see this in different stages of its creation! Wahoo.

Here's some of the pictures taken during this paint session.  Click on them to englarge!

 I decided to go for a really bright and bold background using my 'felt tip pen' brush to add different shades of acrylic paints on top of each other. I really liked how this looked, even on its own! 

I decided to add some pieces of gold leaf/foil to represent the colours of the instruments. I didn't want to go painting them indivudally but I felt like I needed something to represent them still.

Wanna see what did I use to create this nail art? 

This is what I call my typical line up for anything containing rainbows! I can't help it, guys. Its an addiction. Rainbows, rainbows, more rainbows!!

What do you think of my colourful jazz nail art? Have you created music nails before, if so was it for a select genre? - Also let me know if you want me to do more posts like this.

Thank you all for visiting, I hope you have a wonderful day! :) Don't forget to let me know what you think of this nail art. I'll catch you again on Saturday!

Love

Ithi

Autism Awareness Nail Art With Acrylic-Gradient Hearts

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I hope you are having a great weekend so far :) Are you doing anything fun? Today's my first day in England (I got home around 11pm last night, yay for scheduled posts!) so I'll be catching up with all my family.

Today's post comes from the heart with a lot of love and support. If you didn't know the 2^nd of April is Autism awareness day and the month its self. I wanted to create a post for this because I feel like there is still a lot of misconception and old information flying around about Autism.

While I don't think anyone who doesn't have Autism will fully grasp the challenges it can bring to the day to day life of someone with any form of Autism I do believe we have the power to give ourselves as much understanding as possible to make it easier for those who are on spectrum.

Freehand Crayola Wax Crayon Nail Art

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I hope you are having a wonderful start to the week and thank you for joining me on it! I am wishing you all a really fun, productive and smashing week, kicking off with lots and lots of beautiful sunshine.

Today's nail art is inspired by another weekly challenge prompt over at Tiny Canvas (Come join if you are looking for a fun, friendly, no drama nail art group!) Our theme this week was Crayola nail art as it is actually 'Crayola Day' on the 31^st of March.

I'd have liked to have shared this nail art closer to the date however I've got posts I can not shuffle around!

I've got to thank Crayola because they are probably the first proper art supplies I owned or used (as a kid, obviously) I used to have huge collections of wax crayons and pencils. So thanks Crayola for sparking my creativity at such a young age!

I began with my OPI 'Nail Envy' base coat for this manicure.

This nail art is simply freehand on a base of Barry M's 'White' nail polish. This time I really tried to make it look as though there are shadows underneath the crayons to add more depth and make them look 3D. I finished this one off with my Barry M matte top coat which finished off the job beautifully – I think the matte finish really suits the waxy crayons!

What do you think of this freehand nail art? Did you ever own any Crayola products?

Have a smashing Monday, thank you so much for stopping by. I'll catch you again on Wednesday!

Love

Ithi

Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone. 3D Rain Drops and Acrylic Rainbows!

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How are you all doing today? If you tried to visit in the last couple of day's you may have noticed my blog was down, or at least displaying irreverential information.

I had been in contact with my hosting company for a few weeks before I knew it was set to expire and had been in tech support chat multiple times and was promised that if I didn't renew my hosting that my domain would be absolutely fine.. however it wasn't. Because of their misinformation my domain went down and became inaccessible. At which point they held their hands up, shrugged and told me it wasn't really their problem any more... Since it was pretty much their fault in the first place (hence me checking with them weeks before) I made the hasty decision to change companies – this involved some learning!!

Hopefully now everything will be fine, I've got all my fingers crossed there's no more trouble!

Did you know that tomorrow is 'Umbrella Day' ? I kid you not! Luckily my blog is back in time so I can share these with you! I'd also like to say I am inspired by my good friend Narmai who has created some beautiful water drop manicures in the past!

For this manicure I began with my Mezmris Nail Lacquer base coat, 'Armor Up' on all my nails.

For my rainbow nails I applied two coats of Barry M's 'White' and carefully blended each of the rainbow colours together using acrylic paints and my old hideous bamboo brush (Considering he cost $0.99 that little guy is trooper.) I then carefully painted 'Ain't no sunshine' to my middle finger and freehanded the umbrella with my Pure Color #10 brush. I finished these off with my Mezmris top coat, Armor and finally added my Barry M Matte top coat.

For my raindrop nails I applied two thin coats of Barry M's Blueberry and allowed time to dry. I followed on with two coats of ORLY's 'Sky Blue' colour flip nail polish. Again I allowed ample time to dry before adding a coat of Barry M's Matte top coat. My final step was to apply some drops of gel top coat from BlueSky using a large dotting tool and then curing them under my lamp for a few seconds.

I really love how this manicure turned out, actually. There ain't no sunshine when she's gone. ♫

If I could change one thing I wish the word 'sunshine' wasn't so squished in but hey.. its a long word and I'm not the best at nail art with writing so I'll take it! I will consider my placement next time though.

What do you think of this nail art? Have you done raindrop nail art before or used gel to create a 3D element?

Thank you so much for visiting, don't forget to stop and say hi! Have a beautiful day, I will catch you again on Saturday.

Love

Ithi

12 Colours Nail Art Glitter Powder (& Freehand Pattern) - Born Pretty Store Review.

*This post contains an item(s) that was provided for reviewing purposes however I will as always give my full and honest opinion.

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How are you all doing today? I hope your week is going well so far?

I've got exciting news! My painting corner is getting a huge upgrade.

If you didn't know, the way I paint is a little precarious. Its a bunch of plastic boxes (containing my nail polishes) stacked up in two towers and a plank of wood in the middle! I was truly grateful when my boyfriend first created it as prior to that I had a cardboard box as a table and I'd sit on the bed which is incredibly soft so there was little support. I am now looking forward to a proper desk - as is my back!

I'll photograph it in the three stages once its been put together! where and how do you guys like to paint?

Anyway..! Today I am going to share with you '12 Colors Nail Art Glitter Power, Acrylic UvGel' from the Born Pretty Store.